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No, no, this is not Paris, but one of the many other triumphal arches in the French country. This specimen is found in Bordeaux and that results in the traffic picture of about 1960. In this picture you see two 4CV's, a SAVIEM/Chausson city bus and a little more in the background three DS's.

This is at the top of France as we like it so much. In the countryside these kinds of villages are often still intact, although the local hairdresser is no longer active and not a single vehicle stops at the bus shelter. Neither the Dauphine with roof rack has been seen in Rebais for years.

A scene to get jealous of. Take the Primaquatre convertible to the market to stock up on the daily vitamins. This time it's not a French town, but it's San Feliu de Guixols on the Costa Brava.

There is peace and quiet on the Champs Elysées at the end of the thirties. In the foreground left we see a Primaquatre approaching us, while in the middle of the Arc de Tromph a yellow/green Vivaquatre taxi drives and we recognize the black car to the right as a 1936 Celtaquatre.

In the fifties it is already a hustle and bustle at the Gare du Nord in the French city of Amiens. 4CV's, Dauphines, Galions and Frégates drive to and from or are parked waiting for guests arriving by train.

The fashionable Cannes early sixties looked a little more modest than today. Not so much for the buildings around the old port, but where it concerns the motor yachts, sailing ships and also the cars.  Very modest are especially the cars, such as these Dauphine and white Floride.